Green Supply Chain Management

By: Justine Forrest

1- Quick Look

2- GrSCM Defined

3- Steps of Implementation

4- Initiatives

5- Outcomes

6- Alcon Laboratories

7- Questions

Supply Chain Management

-Company, Suppliers, Customers

-Efficiency

-Sustainability

-Crucial to successful operations

Environmentalism

-Social Movement

-Future requirement of doing business

-Sustainability, protection, restoration of our natural environment

Do these concepts seem to fit together?? I believe so.

Antecedents:-SCM

-Environmental Knowledge

-Support

-Governmental

-Top-Management

What is GrSCM??Integrating environmental thinking into the supply-chain management, including:

-Product Design

-Material Sourcing & Selection

-Manufacturing Processes

-End-of -life Management

1- Have a Big Picture View

2- Measure Current Impact

3- Make Performance Standards

4- Implement Initiatives

5- Measure Impact of New Initiatives

1- Product Design- excess packaging - using recycled products

2- Plant Redesign & Machine Preventative Maintenance

3- Transportation- fuel efficient cars- efficient distribution routes

4- Product Re-Use & Recycling

1- More Efficient Use of Resources

2- Increased Sustainability

3- Customer Satisfaction

4- Competitive Advantage

5- Cost Advantage

-Environment a global problem-Corporations responsible to help?

Information:-Business centered around 3 divisions:

- Surgical- Pharmaceutical- Customer Vision Care

-Develops, manufactures, distributes hundreds of eye care products in over 180 countries

ASCEM:-EU’s REACH Regulations-EU’s Battery Directive-EU’s Packaging & Packaging Waste Directive-EU’s Packaging Essential Requirements

Alcon Supply Chain Environmental Management

(ASCEM)

How did Alcon do?